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Educational Survey of 

Carroll County 

Georgia 

By 

M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent 



No. 25 



Under Direction of State 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



M. L. BRITTAIN 
State Superintendent of Schools 
1918 



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Monograph 



Educational Survey of 

Carroll County 

Georgia 



By 

M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent 



No. 25 



Under Direction of State 

> DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



M. L. BRITTAIN 
State Superintendent of Schools 
1918 




COUNTY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. 

HON. V. D. WHATLEY, Superintendent Carrollton, Ga. 

County Board of Education. 

HON. L. K. SMITH, Chairman Carrollton, Ga. 

HON. W. T. MORRIS Mt. Zion, Ga. 

HON. J. W. BARRON Bowdon, Ga. 

HON. E. L. CONNELL Temple, Ga. 

HON. J. T. WALKER Whitesburg, Ga. 

Home Economics Demonstration Agent. 

MRS. V. D. WHATLEY ._ _, Carrollton, Ga. 

Farm Demonstration Agent. 
MR. JACKSON Carrollton, Ga. 

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A PRELIMINARY REPORT 

(Submitted by M. L. Duggan, Rural School Agent for 
Georgia, on May 8, 1918.) 

To the Carroll County Board of Education, and Citizens of 
the County: 

At the request of your county Board of Education I was 
delegated by the State Department of Education to make a 
careful survey of the schools of the county and make recom- 
mendations to the county Board, especially with reference 
to school districts. 

I first discussed the situation fully with the county Board 
of Education, and afterwards with the Grand Jury for the 
Spring Term of Superior Court. The Grand Jury, after 
due consideration, unanimously passed the following reso- 
lution: 

"Believing that there are too many little schools in our 
county for many of them ever to become strong, and in 
order that better and stronger schools can be built so as 
to adequately educate ALL THE CHILDREN of the county, 
we would heartily endorse the movement on the part of our 
county Board of Education (with the aid of the State De- 
partment of Education) to re-district the county, and we 
earnestly urge upon them the importance of making these 
school districts of such size as the law contemplates — a 
minimum of sixteen square miles — in order that stronger 
and better schools can be built upon broader foundations. 
We urge that in doing this the Board shall keep in view the 
future and permanent best interests of ALL sections of our 
county, and not be influenced by any seeming temporary 
individual or local interests to create small or irregular 
shaped districts, even though some localities may suffer 
temporarily in the interest of the permanent good for the 
whole county." 

I have devoted several weeks to a careful study of the 
county and its schools, visited every school, making photo- 



graphs of the buildings, estimates of their value and con- 
dition and school equipment, their locations with reference 
to each other, the "natural causes" that would legally 
justify districts smaller than the "sixteen square miles" 
minimum, the locations and condition of the public roads, 
etc., etc. I have also freely advised with as many of the 
citizens of the county as opportunities allowed, and have 
earnestly sought their suggestions, criticisms, and help. 

In Carroll county the matter of establishing and locating 
the rural schools has been influenced by the preferences and 
prejudices and supposed conveniences of individuals and 
communities until their number has multiplied beyond the 
possibility of reasonable support. The number of rural 
schools has reached eighty-eight, besides several private 
schools, and half a dozen county-hne schools. There seems 
to have been no well defined constructive policy outlined 
or followed, and the spirit of the law has been violated in 
their close proximity to each other. Thus efficiency has 
been sacrificed to individual convenience until the entire 
system has become wholly inadequate to the educational 
demands of the children of the county. A general and well- 
founded dissatisfaction is the inevitable result, and this 
good county is not proud of her rural public school system. 
There are evidences of neglect and deterioration nearly 
everywhere, and only at few places are there satisfactory 
signs of substantial improvement. Many conflicting opin- 
ions are expressed, but all agree that the rural schools are 
very unsatisfactory. 

A strong and active central administration with a defi- 
nite constructive policy and supported by a public sentiment 
willing to make many sacrifices in the interests of efliciency 
is the only remedy for existing conditions. Without many 
sacrifices no better conditions need be expected. However, 
no sacrifice, either in individual conveniences or in dollars 
and cents, can be considered too great when made in the real 
educational interests of Carroll county's nine thousand 



seven hundred and forty-two children who are to be her 
future citizens. 

The first step necessary in any constructive policy look- 
ing towards better rural schools for the county will be to 
reduce their number so as to increase their efficiency. This 
step will be in compliance with both the law and the highest 
interests of the schools. The Georgia school laws require 
that each county shall be laid off into school districts of 
a minimum area of sixteen square miles, with one white 
school for each school district. Certain exceptions are 
allowed ''where natural causes" or local conditions make 
it necessary, these "natural causes" being defined as "moun- 
tains, streams over which there are no bridges, and dan- 
gerous roads." 

Now Carroll county contains an area of 492 square miles. 
This area divided into districts of sixteen square miles each 
would make thirty-one school districts. However, there 
are some "natural causes" which would legally justify small- 
er districts in some instances, thereby increasing this num- 
ber. 

I realize fully that to lay off the county into school dis- 
tricts, as the law directs, will entail individual inconvenience 
in many cases ; but am equally sure that it will eventually 
bring increased efficiency to all. 

In compliance, therefore, with the law, and in the m- 
terest of the cause of education in the county, I offer here- 
with my recommendations as to re-districting the county. 
In doing so I earnestly beg the Board of Education and all 
public spirited citizens of the county to consider them solely 
in the interests of ALL THE CHILDREN, and not in the 
interests of individuals or localities. 

I am not wholly satisfied at the result of my work, for I 
have to make many compromises with seeming expediencies. 
However, if my recommendations are adopted the number 
of white schools to be maintained will be reduced from 88 
to 44, or less. It is easy to see that by reducing the total 



number of schools to half will double the maintenance fund 
of each, and by much more increase the efficiency of all. 

It will be observed that I have usually been guided by 
the legal minimum of "sixteen square miles" as my maxi- 
mum limit in fixing the sizes of the school districts. If 
through consent of the patrons the school districts can be 
made still larger their efficiency can be still further in- 
creased in a rapidly increasing ratio. I would recommend 
that such further consolidations be made whenever such 
consent can be had. 

I fully realize that to re-district the county according to 
these recommendations will necessitate the moving or build- 
ing of a number of school houses "so as to have the school 
building as near the center as possible;" but this will entail 
no unreasonable hardship or extravagance, because none of 
these buildings are suitable for efficient educational plants, 
while many are nearly worthless or entirely unfit. Besides, 
it need not be expected that any adequate system of pub- 
lic schools can be had without paying a reasonable price 
therefor. My full report herewith submitted will give in 
detail the photographs of all of these buildings, their value, 
their condition, the equipment contained in each one, their 
proximity to each other, the average attendance for the 
last three years, and such other information as will be 
needed in a full and fair consideration of this important 
and far-reaching matter. 

In the building or re-building of school houses in the 
future I would strongly urge that they be made to conform 
to well established principles of school architecture, par- 
ticularly in matters of sanitation, such as lighting, heating, 
ventilation, etc. The matter is of sufficient importance to 
justify very careful consideration and even additional ex- 
pense. The health of the children should be a matter of 
first concern, and a condition of reasonable comfort is neces- 
sary to any satisfactory development of body or mind. 

I have been unable to find any adequate equipment at any 
of the rural schools. Good tools are as important as good 



workmen, and it is poor economy to deny teachers such 
helps as good blackboards, maps, charts, globes, dictionaries, 
libraries, sand-tables, etc., etc. 

Without a guarantee of permanency it is unreasonable 
to expect any great degree of confidence. Wherever any 
titles at all have been given to the school grounds in the 
county they usually contain a reversionary clause effective 
■'whenever no longer used for school purposes". Thus on 
the face of the deed is expressed a doubt as to the perma- 
nency of the school which is a perpetual obstacle to any 
business-like enterprise. 

In permanently locating the schools I would recommend 
that fee simple titles be taken to large enough areas to 
fulfill all demands of a modern rural school. Thus the confi- 
dence of the public will be secured from the beginning, and 
this is the greatest asset of any business enterprise. It is 
high time we were putting our rural public schools upon a 
business-like basis. 

"A little piece of ground, on which is a little house, in 
which is a little equipment, at which a little teacher, on a 
little salary, for a little while, is teaching little children 
little things", must no longer be the definition of our rural 
schools. When we come to realize that public education 
is the most important of all our public interests and regard 
it as "Big Business", then will our rural schools measure 
up to the demands of our children. Then it will no longer 
be necessary to send our children away from home and home 
influences in order to educate them as well as other children 
are being educated. And then will come to every rural 
district in the county such spiritual, intellectual, and ma- 
terial prosperity as already blessed some favored communi- 
ties in our great commonwealth, 

Carroll county children deserve as good educational fa- 
cilities as those of any other county ; no other county is 
better able to provide them than Carroll. 

With the earnest hope that my work in your county may 
contribute something towards bringing about such con- 



ditions, and duly appreciating the cordial co-operation of 
so many citizens in my delicate and difficult task, I respect- 
fully submit this report to your careful and serious con- 
sideration. 

Action of a Mass-Meeting of Citizens. 

The foregoing "Preliminary Report" was submitted to 
a mass-meeting of citizens of Carroll county (publicly 
called together for the purpose) on the 8th day of May, 
1918, together with a large map showing the proposed new 
school districts of the county referred to therein. 

After full and free discussions of the same, and at the 
suggestion of Rev. W. W. Roop, a resolution was uani- 
mously adopted "endorsing the report as to the proposed 
school districts for the county, commending the same to 
our County Board of Education, and requesting the County 
Board of Education to formally and legally adopt the 
same." 

Action of County Board of Education. 

At a regular meeting of the Carroll County Board of 
Education held in their office on May 8th, 1918, all mem- 
bers being present and voting, the Map and descriptions 
of the school districts for Carroll county was formally and 
legally adopted according to the map given herein on page 
15, and as required by law. 

Foundation Work. 

This is a first step in laying a legal and permanent 
foundation for a better system of rural schools for the chil- 
dren of Carroll county. 

If the good citizens of the county will surrender in- 
dividual and community conveniences and prejudices in the 
interest of better rural schools for all, as was so signifi- 
cantly indicated at the representative mass-meeting above 
referred to, the County Board of Education should be 



able within a reasonably short time to greatly increase 
the efficiency of the county's rural schools. Thus the 
responsibility will be fixed and centered upon the Board 
and its executive officer, and no longer divided and spread 
out until nobody feels the weight of it. 

Locating the Schools. 

In many of the school districts the most important 
school house is at or near the center of the district, for 
reference was had to this in determining the district 
boundaries in so far as possible. In such cases all should 
cooperate actively in improving (and enlarging where 
necessary) the central building and providing for it a bet- 
ter school equipment. However, in some districts no 
present school location is "near the center" of the school 
district. In such cases there should be common agreement 
between the citizens of the district, or if such is impossi- 
ble, then definite action by the County Board of Education 
in the selection of a suitable central location. 

I cannot too strongly urge upon the Board of Education 
supervisory control of the character of all new school 
houses to be constructed, particularly in matters of sani- 
tation. Proper lighting, ventilation and heating should 
be insisted upon. The location, character and size of school 
grounds should be such as to satisfy any reasonable future 
demands of the school district. Fee simple titles should 
vest in the County Board of Education to assure confi- 
dence of permanency. 

In order to assure to the Board of Education controlling 
influence in these matters, as well as for other obvious 
reasons, I recommend that the Board of Education adopt 
the policy of giving substantial appropriations towards 
building adequate school houses in the several school dis- 
tricts. Such a pohcy would, doubtless, give considerable 
impetus to the movement for better school houses through- 
out the county. 



The School Houses. 

In building or re-building school houses I can not too 
strongly urge the importance of proper planning and con- 
struction. Let is be kept in mind that these are to be the 
school homes of Carroll county's children for a generation 
or more. Temporary structures should not be thought of. 
Build for the future, and build well. Build school houses, 
not barns. The Carroll county farmers are having better 
homes, better roads, better vehicles, better barns, better 
farm machinery, why not better school houses? ''A good 
school house is the best advertisement, the best asset and 
the best dividend-paying investment in any community." 
The towns and cities have found it so; the rural districts 
will find it so. The school house of the future is to be- 
come the community center, and will serve the commnuity 
in many important ways. Unless it is the pride of the 
community architecturally its service to the community 
will be limited. No building in a community demands or 
deserves more architectural consideration. 

What a Rural School House Should Cost. 

The value of public school property (including buildings, 
sites, and equipment) per child of school age is as follows: 

State . Average Value 

Per Child. 

Alabama $13.00 

Florida 15.00 

Kentucky 15.00 

Tennessee 14.00 

Texas 18.00 

South Carolina -- 6.00 

Georgia 11.00 

Wisconsin 44.00 

New Jersey 65.00 

Illinois 72.00 

New York 111.00 

Massachusetts 115.00 

Etc. 

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And in the entire list of the States Georgia stands 
45th down from the highest WHERE DOES CARROLL 
COUNTY STAND? 

At a liberal valuation the strictly rural white school 
houses of Carroll county are worth about $7.50 per child. 
The city of Carrollton has spent for school houses and 
equipment $75.00 per child. 

We believe that those who ponder the above statistics 
seriously will agree with us that a minimum of 

Twenty-five Dollars Per Child of the School Population 

is a very moderate amount to ask any school district to 
put into the building and equipment of an adequate educa- 
tional plant. Such a Duilding should serve at least twenty- 
five years, which would mean only $1.00 per child per year. 
To give to all some idea of suitable plans for rural school 
houses a few suggestive plans are given on page 74 of 
this bulletin. However, the State Department of Edu- 
cation will give assistance in planning or selecting plans 
for buildings whenever called upon. 

Teachers. 

Upon the teacher more than upon any other single factor 
depends the character of the school. But it will be very 
much easier to secure and hold competent teachers under 
the proposed improved conditions. 

I would earnestly urge that none but trained teachers 
of good scholarship be employed. Even under improved 
conditions rural school problems are more varied, complex 
and difficult, while supervisory direction and help is much 
less, than in city school systems ; and so teachers should 
be at least well qualified and paid. Teachers should be se- 
lected or approved by the County Board and its executive 
officer, as the law directs. They should quickly become 
acquainted with the entire school district and all of its in- 
terests, become interested in and identified with the same, 
and retained long enough to accomplish real constructive 
educational work. A frequent change of teachers hardly 
permits of work of an abiding sort. 

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Resources. 

Carroll county is a rich county, easily able to do what it 
wants to do in the matter of providing good schools for its 
children. 

The taxable values of the county reaches about $8,362,- 
448.00 (including corporations) by the Tax Books of 1917. 

Of this total approximately $5,000,000.00 lies outside of 
the incorporated school districts of Carrollton, Temple and 
Whitesburg, and therefore would be subject to any local 
county school tax that might be levied for the benefit of the 
rural schools of the county. 

Thus it is seen that if the county should impose upon their 
property for the education of their children a county-wide 
local school tax of five mills, (which is the rate now levied 
by Carrollton, Temple, and Whitesburg for the benefit of 
their schools) there would be an additional fund of about 
$25,000.00 to be added to the State school fund for the rural 
schools of the county. This would nearly double the present 
net maintenance funds for the rural schools of the county, 
and ought to much more than double their efficiency. When 
considered in connection with reducing their number by half 
through consolidations, as elsewhere recommended, it is 
easily apparent to any business mind that Carroll county 
children can have as good public schools as Carrollton chil- 
dren at no greater tax against the property. AND THEY 
DESERVE IT. How much longer will the voters withhold 
such benefits from their own children? 

M. L. DUGGAN, 
Rural School Agent for Georgia. 

June 20, 1918. 



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GEORGIA. 

NOTE: An experience with county-wide local school tax is the 
most effective argument for it. Counties adjacent to local tax coun- 
ties, seeing its benefits, most readily vote for it. See map. 




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LOCAL TAX COUNTIES 

These counties tax themselves in order that all — not some — of their 
schools may be improved One by one others are adding themselves 
to the roll of the educational leaders who demonstrate thus practically 
their belief in the necessity for more and better training for the 
children. A few years ago only Chatham, Richmond, Bibb, and Glynn 
had county-wide local taxation: 

Bacon, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bryan, Burke, Butts, Camden, Chatham, 
Chattahoochee, Clark, Clinch, Coffee, Columbia, Crawford, Crisp, De- 
Kalb, Echols, Emanuel, Fulton, Glascock, Glynn, Hancock, Hart, 
Harris, Henry, Houston, Irvin, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Jones, Lee, 
Lincoln, Mcintosh, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Musco- 
gee, Newton, Pulaski, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Screven, 
Spalding, Stewart, Talbot, Terrell, Tift, Walton, Wayne, Wheeler, 
Wilkes, Worth. Total, 56. 

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MAP OF 
CARROLL COUNTY 



Showing School Districts as laid off in 1918 



NOTE: In School Ditrict No. 12 Whitesburg School District is not included 
In School District No. 16 Carrollton School District is not included 
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Shiloh School Rotherwood School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1. 
Containing approximately 44 land lots, or 13 square miles. 

ROTHERWOOD SCHOOL. 

Location: On land lot 84; three miles to Whitesburg; three miles 
to Lewis Chape!; three miles to Shiloh. 

Grounds: Uncertain area and doubtful titles; adjoining church lot; 
utterly neglected; very small playgrounds; no school gar- 
dens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $100.00; one small room; unceiled; unpainted; in- 
sufficiently lighted; in bad repair. 

Equip'ment: Very rough home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no 
blackboards; no maps; no globe; one chart; no library; no 
dictionary; no pictures. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 
average attendance for last three years, 40 pupils. 

Maintenance. From County Board $258.00. 

SHILOH SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 129; three miles to Rotherwood; three miles to 

Liberty. 
Grounds: Uncertain area and doubtful titles; entirely neglected; 

no playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 
Building: Value $100.00; one room; badly lighted; no cloak rooms; 

unceiled; unpainted. 
Equipment: No desks; long benches; very poor blackboards: no 

maps; no globe; no charts; no library; no dictionary; no 

pictures. . 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 

average attendance for last three years, 18 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $126.00. 

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Lowell School. 
Liberty School. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2. 
Containing- approximately 62 lots, or 20 square miles. 

LOWELL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 99; iieai' center of school district; two miles south 
to Liberty; two and half miles west to Star Point. 

Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in trustees; entirely unimproved; 
amp'e playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets in aver- 
age condition. 

Building: Value $2,000.00; two-story frame; two class rooms; lodge 
rooms overhead; insufficiently lighted; ceiled; painted out- 
side only; in fair repair, but unfinished. 

Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desks; very poor black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no ref- 
erence dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 
average attendance last three years, 68 pupils; no organized 
clubs. 

Maintenance: From County Board $468.00. 



LIBERTY SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 141. 

Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; adjoining church lot; very 
small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value, $200.00; one room; no cloak rooms; insufficiently 
lighted; unceiled; unpainted; unfinished. 

Equipment: No desks; long benches; very poor blackboards; no 
maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dic- 
tionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades: 
average attendance last three years, 22 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. 



STAR POINT SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 8; quite near line between school districts 2 and 3. 
Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; unimproved; very small 

playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 
Building: Value $250.00; one room; no cloak rooms; insufficiently 

lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in medium repair. 
Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor 
- blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 

reference dictionary; no library. 
Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; 

average attendance last three years, 33 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $228.00. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3. 



ROOPVILLE SCHOOL. 



Location: Near center of the school district, which contains 56 
land lots, or approximately seventeen and a half square 
miles. In same school district are two private schools. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; unimproved; ample 
playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets in good con- 
dition. 

Building: Value $3,600; two-story frame; three class rooms and 
auditorium above; well lighted; cloak rooms; painted inside 
and outside; in good repair. 

Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desks; poor blackboards; 
very few maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no refer- 
ence dictionary; no library. 

Organization: Three teachers; nine grades; eight months school 
year; average attendance last three years, 91; no organized 
clubs. 

Maintenance: From County Board $800.00. 



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Sardis School Friendship School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5. 

Containing approximately 24 lots, or 8 square miles. 

SARDIS SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 243; two miles to Friendship; four miles to Veal. 

Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; entirely neg:-ected; ample 
playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average 
condition. 

Building: Value $200.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly 
lighted: unpainted; in medium repair. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dic- 
tionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year: seven grades; 
average attendance last three years, 45 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $290.00. 



FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 217; two miles to Sardis; two miles to Reavesville. 

Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; lot neglected; small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $200.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in fair repair. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks: no teachers' desk; very poor 
blackboards; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference 
dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; 
average attendance last three years, 34 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $234.00. 

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Belleview School 

Veal School 
Canning Club at Veal School 

Stony Point School 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4. 

Containing 36 lots, or approximately 12 square miles in 
Carroll county (Heard county co-operating). 

VEAL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 246, near center of district; three miles to Belle- 
view; two and one-half miles to Stony Point. 

Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in trustees (conditional); lot un- 
improved and hemmed in by unsanitary surroundings; small 
playgrounds: no school gardens; two toilets in fair con- 
dition. 

Building: Value, $2,000.00; four class-rooms; no cloak rooms; insuffi- 
ciently lighted; ceiled; unpainted; unfinished, but in good 
condition. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teachers' desks; poor black- 
boards; small map of state only; no globe; no charts; no 
pictures; no reference dictionaries; no library. 

Organization: Three teachers; __months school year; nine grades; 
average attendance for the last three years, 90 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $630.00. 

STONY POINT SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 184; near line of District No. 3; one and one-half 
miles from Belleview; two miles from Tyus; two and one- 
half miles from Veal. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?'; unimproved; ample play- 
grounds; no school gardens; one toilet only, average con- 
dition. 

Building: Value $600.00; one room; no class rooms; insufficiently 
Mghted; partly ceiled; unpainted; unfinished. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor 
blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 
reference dictionary ; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; 
average attendance last three years, 24 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. 

BELLEVIEW SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 170; three miles from Roopville; three miles from 
Veal. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); unimproved; small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average con- 
dition. 

Building: Value $800.00; one room; no cloak rooms; well lighted; 
ceiled; unpainted. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor black- 
boards; only a smaH state map; no globe; no charts; no 
pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 
average attendance last three years, 42 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $270.00. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6. 

Containing approximately 15 lots, or 5 square miles. Tallapoosa 

River and Turkey Creek cuts off this territory 

into a very small district. 

MIDWAY SCHOOL SOUTH. 

Location: On lot 185; two miles to Reavesville; three and one-half 
miles to Bowden. Cut off into very small district by reason 
of its situation between Turkey Creek and Tallapoosa River. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); partly improved; ample play- 
grounds; small flower gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; improp- 
erly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair, except for 
broken windows. 

Equipment: No desks; long benches: no teachers' desk: cloth black- 
boards; State and United States maps; no globe; no chartr; 
no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school years; 8 grades; aver- 
age attendance last three years, 39 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $270.00. 



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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7. 
Containing approximately 23 lots, or 8 square miles. 

REAVESVILLE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 192; four miles south of Bowden; two miles from 
Friendship. 

Grounds: Area, one acre: titles (?); unimproved; very small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average con- 
dition. 

Building: Value $800.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly and 
insufficiently lighted; ceiled; painted outside only; in fair 
condition of repair. 

Equii:'ment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; very poor 
blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 
reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; eight grades; 
average attendance last three years, 38 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $264.00. 

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Tyus School 

Riverside School 

Fairview School 



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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8. 
Containing approximately 35 lots, or 12 square miles. 

TYUS SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 199; one mi)e from Fairview; two miles from 
Riverside; two miles from Stony Point. 

Grounds: One acre; titles (?); unimpi'oved; small playgrounds; 
liO school gardens; only one toilet. 

Building: Value, $800.00; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; msuiii- 
ciently lighted; painted outside only; in fair condition. 

Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor black- 
boards; no maps: no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 
reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; seven months school year; eight grades; 
average attendance last three years, 56 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $390.00. 

FAIRVIEW SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 220; one mile from Tyus; one and one-half miles 
from Riverside. 

Grounds: One acre; titles (?); grounds neglected; very small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, bad condition. 

Building: Value $400.00: two class-rooms: no cloak rooms; badly 
lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desks; very poor 
blackboards; one small State map; no g'obe; no charts; 
no pictures; no dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; 8 grades; aver- 
age attendance last three years, 51 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board, $354.00. 

RIVERSIDE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 163; one and one-half miles to Fairview; one and 
one-half miles to Bethesda. 

Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; unimproved; small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value .S400.00; one room; no cloak rooms: improperly 
lighted; unceiled; unpainted; unrinished; good repair. 

Equipment: Rought home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no cnarts; no pictures: no dic- 
tionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; average attendance last 
three years, 27 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $186.00. 

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Siver School Bethesda School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9. 

Containing approximately 31 lots, or 10 square miles. 
BETHESDA SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 125; two and one-half miles from Siver; three 
miles from Roopville; one and one-half miles from River- 
side. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; entirely neglected; ample play- 
grounds: no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Va'ue $200.00; one room; no cloak rooms; badly lighted; 
unpainted; in bad repair. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 
dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 
average attendance last three years, 28 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $198.00. 

SIVER SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 7; one and three-quarters miles from Tallapoo- 
sa; two and one-half miles from Bethesda. 

Grounds: One acre, titles doubtful; yards well cleaned up, unim- 
proved; ample playgrounds; small flower garden; only one 
toilet, in average condition. 

Building: Value, $600.00; one room; no c'oak rooms; fairly well 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; well kept; in good repair. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desks; poor 
blackboards; one U. S. map; small globe; no charts; framed 
pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; 
average attendance last three years 30 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $210.00. 

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Oak Ridge School Rocky Mount School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 10, 

Containing approximately 37 lots, or 12 square miles. 

OAK RIDGE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 29; two miles to Roopville. 

Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot unimproved, but clean,; 
small playgrounds: no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value, $250.00; one room; no cloak rooms; barely enough 
light; unceiled; unpainted; in good repair. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desks; very 
poor blackboards; no maps; no globe: no charts; no pic- 
tures; no reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; 
average attendance last three years, 33 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $228.00. 



ROCKY MOUNT SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 32; two and one-half miles to Oak Ridge School. 

Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; unimproved; large play- 
grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average con- 
dition. 

Building: Value $500.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; fairly well 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair. 

Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desks; very poor black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures, no 
dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; 
average attendance last three years, 43 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $300.00. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11. 

Containing approximately 59 lots, or 20 square miles of territory, 

and whole or p'^rts of the territory of five Schools. 

WHOOPING CREEK SCHOOL. 
Location: On lot 4; one and three-fourths miles from Union; one 
and one-half miles to Clem; two miles to Westbrook. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles conditional; adjoining church lot; 
unimproved; large playgrounds; no school gardens; no 
toilets. 

Building: Value, $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak 
rooms; unceiled; unpainted; unfinished. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; good black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dic- 
tionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 
average attendance last three years, 21 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. 

UNION SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 8; tvi^o miles from Clem. 

Grounds: Area very small; titles doubtful; unimproved, but well 
cleaned up; small playgrounds; no school gardens; only one 
toilet, average condition. 

Building: Value $500.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak 
room; well painted inside; unpainted outside; in good re- 
pair. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor 
blackboards; small State map only; no globe; no charts; no 
pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 
average attendance last three years, 40 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $270.00. 

CLEM SCHOOL. 
Location: On Central of Georgia railway; on lot 159; about center 
of the school district. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles doubtful; elevated, but bare lot; 
unimproved; small playgrounds; no school gardens; two 
toilets in bad condition. 

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Whooping Creek School Union School 

Clem School 
Center School Westbrook School 

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Building: Value $400.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in bad repair. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no ref- 
erence dictionary: no library. 

Organization: One teacher; months school year: eight grades; 

average attendance last three years, 35 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. 

CENTER SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 98; two miles to Clem; two miles to Union. 
Grounds: Rrea, one acre; tit'es doubtful; small playgrounds; no 
school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $400.00; one room; no cloak rooms; well lighted; 
unceiled; unpainted: in good repair. 

Equipment: No desks or teacher's desk; long benches; no black- 
board; small State map; no globe; nc charts; no pictures; 
no reference dictionary: no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; 
average attendance last three years, 19 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. 

WESTBROOK SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 197: two miles to Stripling; two and one-half miles 
to CarroUton; two and one-half to Clem; two and one-half 
miles to Pleasant Hill. 

Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; unimproved; small playgrounds; 
no school gardens; one toilet only, in bad condition. 

Building: Value $450.00; one room; no cloak rooms; used as a 
church; unceiled: unfinished; unpainted. 

Equipment: No desks; long benches; no blackboards; no maps; no 
globe; no charts; no pictures; no dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 
average attendance last three years, 30 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $210.00. 



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Teachers' Home Whitesburg High School 

WHITESBURG HIGH SCHOOL. 
(Under a Local System.) 



Faculty: Prof. Swetnam; Mrs. Swetnam; Miss Shirely Swetnam. 

Location: On Central of Georgia Railway. 

Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in Methodist church; a fine grove; 
ample playgrounds, partly improved; no school gardens; two 
toilets, condition insanitary. 

Buildings: An academic building with five class rooms; insufficiently 
lighted and badly planned; a teachers' home and dormitory 
in good condition; two small buildings; all probably worth 
$4,000.00; originally built for a church boarding school, now 
used as the town public school. 

Equipment: Double patent desks (in bad condition); very poor 
blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 
reference dictionary; a small library. 

Organization: Three teachers; nine months school year; nine grades; 
enrollment 125; average attendance for last three years 86; 
no organized clubs. 

Maintenance: From County Board $600.00. Local taxation. 

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Lewis Chapel School 



Banning School 



SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 12. 

Containing approximately 55 lots, or about 18 square miles of terri- 
tory (exclusive of the Whitesburg local system). 
BANNING SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 1; at the Cotton Mills; two miles from Whites- 
burg'. 

Grounds: Area uncertain; titles in Cotton Mills; unimproved; very 
small playgrounds; no school g-ardens; two toilets in good 
condition. 

Building: Value $600.00; one room; no cloak rooms: improperly 
lighted; floors oiled and well kept; ceiled; unpainted; used 
as church. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; good black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no charts: no pictures; no ref- 
erence dictionary; no library; organ. 

Organization: One teacher; months school year; five grades; 

average attendance last three years, 28 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $198.00. 

LEWIS CHAPEL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot 21; near line of School District No. 11; two miles 
from Banning; three miles from Whitesburg. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain: unimproved; small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $400.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair; used as a church. 

Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; no black- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no reference dic- 
tionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 
average attendance last three years, 19 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. 

Note: Within this school district is the Whitesburg School District, 
by Special Act. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 13. 
Containing approximately 39 lots, or 13 square miles. 




NEW WATSON 
SCHOOL. 



Location: On lot 135; two miles from County Line School. 

Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; unimproved; ample playgrounds; 
no school gardens; only one toilet, bad condition. 

Building: Value $600.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair; new. 

Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teacher's desk; fairly good black- 
boards; one United States history map only: no charts; no 
globe; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library; or- 
gan. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; 
average attendance last three years, 38 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $264.00. 



COUNTY LINE 
SCHOOL. 




Location: On lot 89; two miles from New Watson; near Douglas 
county line. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; unimproved; fine grove; ample 
playgrounds: no school gardens; only one toilet, average 
condition. 

Building: Value $750.00; two-story, lodge overhead; lighting very 
bad; one class room; no cloak rooms; painted outside only; 
in bad condition. 

Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches: no black- 
boards; small State map only; no globe; no charts: no pic- 
tures; no reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; 
average attendance last three years, 30 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $210.00. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 14. 



Containing approximately 31 lots, or 10 square miles. 



LITTLE BETHEL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 226; near center of district; three and one-half 
miles to Hulett. 

Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot entirely unimproved; small 
playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet in average 
condition. 



Building: Value $1,600.00; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; fairly 
well lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good condition. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; poor black- 
boards: no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no 
library; no reference dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; eight grades; 
average attendance last three years, 48 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $330.00. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 17. 



Containing approximately 25 lots, or 8 square miles. 



STRIPLING SCHOOL. 



Location: Two miles from Carrollton; on lot No. 253. 

Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot. unimproved; ample play- 
grounds; no school garden; only one toilet in fair condition. 

Building: Value $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; painted; 
fairly well lighted. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- 
board; no maps: no charts; no globe; no pictures; no dic- 
tionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 37 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $252.00. 



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Pleasant Hill School 

Wayside School 

Cross Plains School 



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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15. 

Containing approximately 42 lots, or 11 square miles. 

CROSS PLAINS SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 91; two and one-half miles from Wayside. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; title in Trustees; unimproved; large play- 
ground; no school garden; on'y one toilet in bad condition. 

Buildings: Value $500.00; two class rooms; lodge overhead; no cloak 
rooms; badly lighted; unceiled; unpainted; in bad repair. 
A two-room teacher's cottage valued $200.00. 

Equipment: Very rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; no 
blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; 
no library; no reference dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 28 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board of Education $264.00. 



PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 153; two miles to Carrollton. 

Grounds: Area doubtful; titles in Baptist Church; small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet in bad condition. 

Building: A Baptist Church; one room; no cloak rooms; poorly 
lighted. 

Equipment: No desks; long benches; no blackboards; no maps; no 
charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; r.o dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; eight grades; 
average attendance last three years, 35 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. 



WAYSIDE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 106; two miles from Cross Plains. 
Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; entirely unimproved; ample 

playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet. 
Building: Value $150.00; one room, no cloak rooms; insufficiently 

lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. 
Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; very poor 

blackboards; no maps; globe; no charts; no pictures; no 

library; no dictionary. 
Organization: One teacher; six grades; average attendance last 

three years, 38 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $264.00. 

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Salem School 
Farmers' High School 
Canning Club 
Antioch School Victory School 

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FARMERS' HIGH SCHOOL. 
(A consolidation of Salem, Victory, and Antioch Schools.) 
(SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 19.) 
Teachers: J. M. Hurst, Miss Nellie Tysinger, Miss Hattie Hearn. 

Location: On lot 21. Since consolidation this is the only school 
in its school district, which contains about 31 land lots or 
ten square miles of territory. 

Grounds: Four acres area; titles in trustees; new location as yet 
unimproved; ample playgrounds: school gardens not yet 
developed; only one toilet, average condition. 

Building: Value $4,500.00; two-story frame building; four class 
rooms; auditorium above; no cloak rooms provided; lighting 
barely sufficient; a good new building; ceiled, but not yet 
painted. 

Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desks; poor blackboards; 
one United States history map; no charts; no globe; no 
sand-tables; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. 

Organization: Three teachers; eight months school year; eight 
grades; enrollment 130; average for past three years, 75; 
no programs posted; no organized club work. 

Maintenance: From County Board $522.00. 



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TALLAPOOSA SCHOOL. 

(SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 18.) 

Location: On lot No. — ; school district No. 18. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in trustees; elevated, in fine grove; 
slightly improved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; 
only one toilet, average condition. 

Building: Value, $900.00; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; improp- 
erly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teachers' desks; very poor black- 
boards; one U. S. history map; no pictures; no charts; no 
globes; no library; a reference dictionary; flags, etc. 

Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; 110 enrollment; average 
attendance last three years, — ; eights months school year. 



Maintenance: From County Board, $ . 

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BOWDEN HIGH SCHOOL. 

(SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 20.) 

Location: Near center of school district, which contains about 36 
land lots, or approximately 12 square miles. 

Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in a corporate board of trustees; 
fine grove; large playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets 
in average condition. 

Building: Value $20,000.00; brick, two-story; nine class rooms and 
auditorium; no cloak rooms; well lighted; in fair condition 
of repair. 

Equipment: Single and double patent desks; cloth blackboards; very 
few maps; no globes; no charts; no pictures. 

Organization: Ten teachers; nine months school year; twelve 
grades; average attendance last three years, 229 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $1,560.00. 



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Melrose School Sandy Flat School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 21. 
Containing approximately 19 lots, or 7 square miles. 

SANDY FLAT SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 167; three miles from Melrose. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles probably in a church adjoining; 

lot neglected; very small playground; no school gardens; 

no toilets. 
Building: Value $175.00; one room; no cloak room; insufficiently 

lighted; unceiled; unpainted; unfinished. 
Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; very poor 

blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 

dictionary; no library. 
Organization: One teacher; six grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 28 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $198.00. 



MELROSE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 145; three miles from Sandy Flat. 

Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot unimproved and neglected; 

small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 
Building: Value $600.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly 

lighted; ceiled; painted outside only; in good condition. 
Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; very poor 

blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; 

no library; no dictionary. 
Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 31 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $216.00. 

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Mount School Hill Crest School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22. 
Containing approximately 29 lots, or 10 square miles. 

HILL CREST SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 90. 

Grounds: Area and title doubtful; lot neglected; small playground; 
no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $300.00; one room; no cloak rooms; insufficiently 
lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; first-class black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dic- 
tionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 32 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $222.00. 



MOUNT SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 64; near line of school district No. 26. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot neglected; small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $150.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly 
lighted; unceiled; unpainted; in good condition. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks and benches; no teacher's 
desk; very poor b'ackboard; no maps; no globe; no charts; 
no pictures: no dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; six grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 29 punils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $198.00. 



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Indian Creek School Liberty Hill School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 23. 

Containing approximately 30 lots, or 10 square miles. 

LIBERTY HILL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 73; one-half mile to Indian Creek. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles conditional; lot neglected; very small 

playground; no school gardens; no toilets. 
Building: Value $350.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; badly lighted; 

unpainted; rough condition. 
Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor 

blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 

dictionary; no library. 
Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 38 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $264.00. 

INDIAN CREEK SCHOOL. 



Location: On lot No. 95; one and one-half miles to Liberty Hill. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot unimproved; small play- 
grounds; no school garden; one toilet in average condition. 

Building: Value $400.00; one room; no cloak room; badly lighted; 
unceiled; unpainted; unfinished. 

Equipment: Long benches; no teacher's desk; poor blackboards; no 
maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no library; no dic- 
tionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 40 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $270.00. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 26. 

Containing approximately 29 lots, or 10 square miles. 

HIGH POINT SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 4, near line of Haralson county; two and one- 
half miles from Hill Crest. 

Grounds: Area and titles are uncertain; grounds utterly neglected; 
small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $75.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; unceiled; 
unpainted; in bad condition. 

Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; no black- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no 
library; no reference dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance for the last three years, 27 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board of Education $186.00. 



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White Oak Springs School 
Burwell School 
Sackville School 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 24. 
Containing approximately 42 lots, or 14 square miles. 

WHITE OAK SPRINGS SCHOOL, 

Location: Two miles from Burwell; mile and a half from Bowden; 

on lot No. 80. 
Grounds: Area and title uncertain; grounds well cleaned up; ample 

playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 
Building: Value $700.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly 

lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good condition. 
Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; very poor 

blackboard; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 

dictionary; no library. 
Organization: One teacher; grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 29 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board of Education $198.00. 



BURWELL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 115; near center of school district; two miles 
from Sackville; two miles from White Oak Springs; two 
miles from Indian Creek. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles probably in Trustees; lot unim- 
proved and bare; ample playgrounds; no school garden; 
two toilets in bad condition. 

Building: Value $1,000.00; four class rooms; no cloak rooms; in- 
sufficiently lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- 
boards; one small globe; one chart; no pictures; no refer- 
ence dictionary; no library; one clock. 

Organization: Four teachers; ten grades; eight months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 126 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $840.00. 



SACKVILLE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 85; two and one-half miles to Burwell. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot neglected; ample play- 
ground; no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $500.00; one class room; large room overhead; no 
cloak rooms; fairly lighted; unpainted; in medium con- 
dition. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor 
blackboards; one United States map; no globe; no charts; 
no pictures; no dictionary; no library. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 26 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Court $180.00. 



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Billow School 

Beulah School 

New Hope School 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25. 
Containing approximately 41 lots, or 14 square miles. 

BILLOW SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 120. 

Grounds: Area and title uncertain; lot unimproved; nc school gar- 
den; small playground; only one toilet. 

Building: Value $400.00: one room; no cloak rooms; poorly lighted; 
ceiled; unpainted; in bad repair. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; poor black- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no li- 
brary; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 30 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board of Education $210.00. 

NEW HOPE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 153; near center of district; two miles to 

Billow; two miles to Beulah. 
Grounds: Area uncertain; titles probably in the church adjoining; 

utterly neglected; small playgrounds; no school gardens; 

two toilets in bad condition. 
Building: Value $150.00; one room; no cloak rooms; insufficiently 

lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. 
Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; no maps; 

no charts; no globe; no pictures; no library; no dictionary. 
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 30 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board of Education $210.00. 

BEULAH SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 158; two and one-half miles from Carrollton. 
Grounds: Area uncertain; tit'es probably in a church adjoining; 

school house between church and graveyard; lot unimproved; 

small playgrounds; no school garden; only one toilet. 
Building: Value $500.00; one room; no cloak room; insufficiently 

lighted; painted inside and outside; in good condition and 

well kept. 
Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; cloth black- 
boards; small State map: no globe; no chart; no pictures; 

no library; no dictionary; a covered water cooler; flag. 
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 35 pupils. 
^Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. 

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Barge School Kansas School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 27. 
Containing approximately 30 lots, or 10 square miles. 

BARGE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 32; near center of school district; one and 

one-half miles to Kansas; two and one-half miles to Union; 

three miles to Pate. 
Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot neglected; ample playground; 

no school gardens; two toilets. 
Building: Value $500.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; insufficiently 

lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in dilapidated condition. 
Equipment: Single patent desks; good teacher's desk; very poor 

blackboard; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 

library; no reference dictionary. 
Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 29 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $204.00. 

KANSAS SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 38; near line of school district No. 26; one 
and one-half miles to Barge; one and one-quarter miles to 
Liberty Hill. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot utterly neglected; no play- 
grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet in bad con- 
dition. 

Building: Value $350.00; one room; no cloak room; unpainted; in- 
sufficiently lighted; in dilapidated condition. 

Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; very poor 
blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no 
library; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; school year six months; 
average attendance last three years, 37 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board, $258.00. 



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PINE GROVE SCHOOL. 

(SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 30.) 
Location: On lot 243; very near center of School District No. 30. 

Grounds: Four acres; titles in Trustees; a new location selected as 
a central point for the district; as yet unimproved. 

Building: Value, $2,400.00; (in process of erection) ; suitably planned 
for light, ventilation, etc., etc.; two class rooms; cloak rooms; 
teachers' office; halls; etc. (This building when completed 
will be one of the best in the county. It was planned by 
R. E. Lee, Rural School Architect for South Carolina.' 

Equipment: (Note) — The old building with equipment was burned, 
and no equipment is as yet provided for the new building. 
It is proposed to properly equip it. 

Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 64 pupils. 



Maintenance: From County Board $420.00. 

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Maple Springs School 

Mt. Zion Grammar School 
Mt. Zion High School 



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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 28. 
Containing approximately 36 lots, or 12 square miles. 

MT. ZION SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 213; near center of school district, containing' 
32 land lots, or approximately eleven square miles. 

Grounds: Area, thirteen acres; titles in M. E. Church; fine g'roves; 
unimproved: no school gardens; ample playgrounds; two 
toilets, condition average. 

Buildings: Value, about $4,000.00; two buildings, one used for pub- 
lic common school, one for the private high school; plenty 
of room; neither well planned; in fair condition of repair. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; poor black- 
boards; no maps; no globes; no charts; no pictures; library. 

Organization: Four teachers; nine months school year; ten grades; 
average attendance last three years, 87 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $600.00; tuition in high school. 



MAPLE SPRINGS SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 207; near school district No. 27. 

Grounds: Area and title uncertain; cleared but unimproved; large 
playground; no school garden; only one toilet. 

Building: Value $500.00: one room; no cloak room; improperly 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- 
board; small State map; no globe; no chart; no pictures; no 
library; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher: eight grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 27 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $186.00. 

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Bear Creek School 

Smyrna School 

Union Cross Roads School 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 29. 
Containing approximately 25 lots, or 8 square miles. 

UNION CROSS ROADS SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 253; one and one-half miles from Smyrna! 
two miles from Millers. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles uncertain; lot unimproved; play- 
grounds small; no school garden; only one toilet. 

Building: Value $500.00; one room; csoak rooms; insufficiently 
lighted; ceiled: painted; in good condition. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- 
boaa^ds; three maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no 
library; no reference dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 39 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $270.00. 

SMYRNA SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 220. 

Grounds: Area, — acres; titles in trustees; lot partly improved; 

ample playgrounds; school gardens; only one toilet, in good 

condition. 
Building: Value $1,200.00; two rooms; two-story; cloak room; 

painted inside and outside; floors oiled; in good condition; 

well lighted. 
Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; good black- 
board; several maps; no charts; no globe; framed pictures; 

a library; a reference dictionary. 
Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; eight months school 

year; average attendance last three years, 40 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board of Education, $270.00. 

BEAR CREEK SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 218; one and one-quarter miles from Smyrna. 
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles uncertain; lot partly improved; a 

school garden; two toilets in good condition. 
Building: Value $600.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; cloak 

rooms; painted inside and outside; in good condition. 
Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; no maps; 

no charts; no globe; one framed picture; no dictionary; no 

library. Illustrative material and school exhibits; flags. 
Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 34 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board of Education $234.00 

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Midway (North) School Shady Grove School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 31. 
Containing approximately 40 lots, or 13 square miles. 

MIDWAY (NORTH) SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 213; three miles from Shady Grove. 

Grounds: Area and title uncertain: lot neglected; very small play- 
ground; no school garden; one toilet only, in bad condition. 

Building: Value $175.00; one room; no cloak room; insufficiently 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in fair condition. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; poor black- 
boards; no maps; no globes; no charts; no pictures; no 
library; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 27 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $186.00. 

SHADY GROVE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 178; three miles to Midvi^ay. 

Grounds: Area and title uncertain; unimproved; large playgrounds; 
no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $500.00; one room; no cloak room; insufficiently 
lighted; painted inside and outside; in good condition. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks: no teacher's desk; poor black- 
boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no li- 
brary; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 38 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County $258.00. 



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Oak Ridge (East) School Sand Hill School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 32. 

Containing approximately 44 lots, or 15 square miles. 

SAND HILL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 82. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; fine grove unimproved; 
ample playgrounds; no school garden; two toilets; unsani- 
tary. 

Building: Value $1,600.00; two-story; lodge overhead ;_three class 
rooms; no cloak rooms; fairly well lighted; painted; in good 
condition. 

Equipment: A few double patent desks; no teachers' desks; poor 
blackboards; small State map; no globe; no charts; no 
pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. 

Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; eight months school 
year; average attendance last three years, 76 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $510.00. 

OAK RIDGE (EAST) SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 139; near line of School District No. 31. 

Grounds: Area and title doubtful; lot utterly neglected; small play- 
ground; no school garden; only one toilet, in bad condition. 

Building: Value $200.00; one room; no cloak room; fairly well light- 
ed; unpainted; in bad repair. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- 
board; no map; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no library; 
no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 26 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $180.00. 



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Hulett School Little Vine School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 33. 

Containing approximately 38 lots, or 13 square miles. 

HULETT SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 21; two miles to Little Vine; two miles to 
Wayside. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; title in trustees; lot unimproved; small 
playgrounds: no school gardens; one toilet in fair condition 
and one in bad condition. 

Building: Value $1,500.00; three rooms; no cloak rooms; fairly well 
lighted; ceiled; painted outside, in good condition. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; four black- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no li- 
brary; no dictionary. 

Organization: Two teachers; ten grades; eight months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 56 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $402.00. 

LITTLE VINE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 236: near Douglas County line; two miles from 

Hulett. 
Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; unimproved and bare; very 

small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 
Building: Value $150.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly 

lighted; unceiled; unpainted; in fair condition. 
Equipment: Long benches; no teacher's desk; no blackboards: one 

United States map; no chart; no globe; no pictures; no 

library; no dictionary. 
Organization: One teacher; six grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 17 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $120.00. 

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Boyd's School Flat Rock School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 34. 
Containing approximately 36 lots, or 12 square miles. 

BOYD'S SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 66; one and one-quarter miles from Flat Rock. 

Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in trustees; well cleaned off but 
unimproved; small playgrounds; no school garden; one 
toilet only. 

Building: Value $800.00; one room; no cloak room; well lighted; 
ceiled; unpainted; in good condition. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; fair black- 
boards; two maps; no globe; no chart; no pictures; no 
library; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; seven months school year; 
average attendance for last three years, 31 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $216.00. 

FLAT ROCK SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 34; near Douglas county line; one and one- 
quarter miles to Boyd's. 

(Jrounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot neglected; ample play- 
grounds; no school garden; only one toilet, in bad condition. 

Building: Value $600.00; one room: no cloak room; fairly lighted; 
ceiled; unpainted; in good condition. 

Equipment: Very rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very 
poor blackboard: no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; 
no librarv; no diclicnary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 38 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 35. 



Containing approximately 30 lots, or 10 square miles. 



HICKORY LEVEL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 56; three miles to Shady Grove; three miles 
to Oak Grove. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot neglected; small play- 
grounds; no school garden; only one toilet, in bad condition. 

Building: Value $400.00; two rooms; no cloak room; insufficiently 
lighted: ceiled; painted outside only; in bad repair. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desk; poor black- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no li- 
brary; no dictionary. 

Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 67 pupils. 



Maintenance: From County Board $420.00. 

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Miller's School Bold Spring School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 37. 

Containing approximately 33 lots, or 11 square miles. 

BOLD SPRINGS SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 318; two miles from Miller's; two miles from 
Center Point; one and one-half miles from Union Cross 
Roads. 

Grounds: Area uncei'tain; titles private; grounds neglected; small 
playground; no school garden; no toilets. 

Building: Value .$100.00; one room; no cloak room; badly lighted; 
unpainted; in dilapidated condition. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; no black- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no li- 
brary; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 35 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. 



MILLER'S SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 290; two miles from Bold Springs; one mile 
from county line. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; grounds improved; ample play- 
ground; a school garden; two toilets in good condition. 

Building: Value $650.00; one room; no cloak room; fairly well 
lighted; ceiled; painted outside only; in good condition. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; a teacher's desk; poor blackboards; 
two maps; small globe; no charts; no pictures; no library; 
no dictionary; an organ. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 35 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. 

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Oak Grove School 

Center Point School 

Harmony Grove School 



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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 36. 

Containing approximately 36 lots, or 12 square miles. 

OAK GROVE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 52; two miles from Center Point. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; conditional titles in trustees; lot neg- 
lected; ample playgrounds; no school garden; only one 
toilet. 

Building: Value $400.00; one room; no cloak room; insufficiently 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in fair condition. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; poor black- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no li- 
brary; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 

average attendance last three years, 36 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $252.00. 

CENTER POINT SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 80; two miles to Oak Grove; one and one-half 
miles to Harmony Grove. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; grounds neglected; small play- 
ground; no school garden; only one toilet. 

Building: Value $500.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; insufficiently 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in bad repair. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; poor blackboards; no maps; a 
small globe; no charts; no pictures; no library; no refer- 
ence dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 31 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $216.00. 

HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 110; one and one-half miles to Center Point. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; well cleaned up; but unim- 
proved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; only one 
toilet, in bad condition. 

Building: Value $350.00; one room; no cloak room; fairly well 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in fair condition. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; a teacher's desk; poor blackboards; 
no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no library; 
no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 25 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $180.00. 

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 38. 
Containing approximately 33 lots, or 11 square miles. 




BOWDEN 
JUNCTION SCHOOL. 



Location: On lot No. 325; at center of school district; one and one- 
quarter miles to Mandeville; one and one-half miles to Union 
Cross Roads; two miles to Miller's; two miles to Bear's 
Creek; two miles to Smyrna. 

Grounds: Area uncertain; titles in trustees; unimproved; small 
playgrounds; small school garden; only one toilet. 

Building: Value $400.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; insufficiently 
lighted; painted; in good repair. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; very poor 
blackboard; no maps; no chart; no globe; no pictures; no 
library; no dictionary. 

Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 53 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $366.00. 





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MANDEVILLE 
SCHOOL. 



Location: On lot No. 342; one and one-quarter miles to Bowdon 
Junction. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot unimproved; no play- 
grounds; no school gardens; two toilets in bad condition. 

Building: Value $600.00; two-story; one class room; lodge over- 
head; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; unpainted; in fair 
condition. 

Equipment: Double patent desks, badly broken up; no teacher's 
desk; very poor blackboard; no maps; no globe; no chart; 
no pictures; no library; no dictionai-y- 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance for last three years, 26 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $180.00. 



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Union Camp Ground Pates School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 39. 

Containing app*roximateIy 25 lots, or 8 square miles. 

UNION CAMP GROUND. 

Location: On lot No. 233; three miles to Pate. 

Grounds: Area uncertain; titles in the M. E. Church; grounds utterly 
neg'lected; small playground; no school garden; only one 
toilet, in bad condition. 

Building: Value $700.00; two-story; three class rooms; lodge over- 
head; no cloak rooms; well lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in 
dilapidated condition. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- 
boards: no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no 
library; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 
average attendance for last three years, 47 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $312.00. 



PATES SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 91; three miles to Union Camp Ground; on 
line of Haralson county. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; grounds neglected; small play- 
grounds; no school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $200.00; one room; no cloak room; fairly well 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good condition. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk- very poor black- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no li- 
brary; no dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance last three years, 24 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $168.00. 

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VILLA RICA HIGH SCHOOL. 

(SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40.) 

Faculty: Prof. Marvin Swilling, Principal; G. H. Windsor; Miss 
Mary Swilling; Mrs. G. H. Windsor; Miss Mattie Kilgore. 
Music: Miss Grace Pope. 

Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in dispute; ample playgrounds; 
no school gardens; grounds unimproved; two toilets in 
average condition. 

Building: Value $5,000.00: eight class rooms and auditorium; no 
cloak rooms; small library room; floors oiled; some class 
rooms not well kept; building in fair repair. 



Equipment: Double patent desks and teachers' desks: very poor 
blackboards; several maps; a small globe; no charts; a 
reference dictionary; framed pictures; a library of 400 vols. 

Organization: Five teachers; nine months school year: ten grades; 
enrollment 250; average attendance for last three years 
186; a high school literary society; no clubs in common 
school except a Thrift Stamp Club. 

Maintenance: From County Board $1,200.00; uncertain amount from 
tuition fees, etc. 




SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 41. 



Containing approximately 28 lots, or 9 square miles. 



PLEASANT GROVE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 155; two miles to Brooklyn. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot neglected; no school gar- 
den; small playground; no toilet. 

Building: Value $600.00; one room; no cloak room: improperly 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in fair condition. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; poor black- 
boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no li- 
brary; no dictionary; a covered water cooler. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance for last three years, 48 pupils. 



Maintenance: From County Board $330.00. 

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Bethel School 



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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 42. 
Containing 38 lots, or approximately 13 square miles. 

TEMPLE HIGH SCHOOL. 

Faculty: Prof. J. M. Cutis, Prin.; Mrs. J. M. Cutis; Miss Sallie Mae 
White; Mrs. T. F. Woodruff; Miss Eula Reid. 

Location: On Southern Railway. 

Grounds: Area, three acres; titles in trustees; grounds partly im- 
proved; playgrounds small; basket ball, base ball, etc.; no 
school g-ardens; two toi'ets in average condition. 

Building: Value, .$15,000.00; brick, five class rooms and large audi- 
torium; cloak rooms; well lighted; floors oiled; well planned, 
in good condition, and well kept. 

Equipment: Double patent desks and teachers' desks; good black- 
boards; good maps; globes; charts; sand-tables; reference 
dictionaries; framed pictures; library of 300 volumes. 

Organization: Five teachers; nine months school year; ten grades; 
enrollment 200; average attendance for last three years, 168; 
boys' corn club; literary societies; Thrift Stamp clubs; Wo- 
man's Civic Club. 

Maintenance: From County Board, $1,200.00; local levy of five mi'ls. 

BROOKLYN SCHOOL. 

Located on lot 201; School District No. 42; two miles to Taylors'; 

two miles to Mt. Carmel; two miles to Pleasant Grove; two 

miles to Temple. 
Grounds: One acre; titles doubtful; ample playgrounds; no gardens; 

no toilets. 
Building: Value, $900.00; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; well 

lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair. 
Equipment: Home-made desks; very little blackboards; no maps; no 

charts; no globe; no library: no pictures; no reference dic- 
tionary. 
Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; 

average attendance last three years, 26. 
Maintenance : From County Board, $180.00. 

BETHEL SCHOOL. 

Located on lot 118, School District No. 42; two and half miles to 
Temple. 

Grounds: Area, undefined; titles doubtful; lot utterly neglected; no 
school gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value, $400.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; insuf- 
ficiently lighted; in delapidated condition. 

Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no maps; no blackboards; no 
charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dic- 
tionary. 

Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; aver- 
age attendance last three years, 30. 

Maintenance: From County Board, $210.00. 

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Mt. Carmel School Taylor's School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 43. 

Containing approximately 44 lots, or 15 square miles. 



MT. CARMEL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 267; one and one-half miles to Taylor's. 

Grounds: Area and titles uncertain: unimproved; no school g-arden; 
large playground; no toilet. 

Building: Value $750.00; a church building; used for school purposes. 

Equipment: No desks; long benches; very poor blackboard; no 
maps; no globe; no chart; no pictures; no library; no dic- 
tionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades: six months school year; 
average attendance for last three years, 49 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $300.00. 



TAYLOR'S SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 265; one and one-half miles to Mt. Carmel. 
Grounds: Area, two acres; conditional titles in trustees: ample 

playgrounds; no school garden; one toilet, in bad condition. 
Building: Value $600.00; two rooms; no cloak room; well lighted; 

ceiled; unpainted; in good condition. 
Equipment: Home-made desks and benches: no teacher's desik; 

cloth blackboard; small State map: no globe; no chart; no 

pictures; no library; no dictionary; organ. 
Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; 

average attendance for last three years, 34 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. 

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Wesley Chapel School Union Grove School 

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 44. 
Containing approximately 25 lots, or 8 square miles. 

WESLEY CHAPEL SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 251; two miles to Union Grove; two and one- 
half miles to Taylor's. 

Grounds: Title and area uncertain; unimproved; small playgrounds; 
no school gardens; no toilet. 

Building: Value $600.00; one room; no cloak room; fairly well 
lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; good blackboard; 
no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no 
dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 
average attendance for past three years, 28 pupils. 

Maintenance: From County Board $192.00. 



UNION GROVE SCHOOL. 

Location: On lot No. 256; two miles to Wesley Chapel; three miles 

to Villa Rica. 
Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; adjoining church lot; utterly 

neglected; no school garden; very small playground; no 

toilet. 
Building: Value $300.00; one room; no cloak room; ^ improperly 

lighted; roughly ceiled; unpainted; in fair condition. 
Equip'ment: Rough-home-made desks; no teacher's desk; no black- 
boards; no maps; no charts: no globes; no pictures; no 

library; no dictionary. 
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; 

average attendance for last three years, 34 pupils. 
Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. 

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LETTER FROM STATE SUPERINTENDENT 
M. L. BRITTAIN 

To the County Superintendent and Teachers: 

Educational results and good teaching generally are not 
often secured in a shiftless-looking building in which neith- 
er patrons, pupils, nor teachers take any pride. Indefinite- 
ness has been removed at this point through the standard 
school. In the larger towns and cities pressure of public 
sentiment and the comment of visitors will sooner or later 
force good educational conditions — and they are improv- 
ing constantly. Rural communities need to be shown and 
inspired by educational leaders and we have sent diplomas 
to more than two hundred county schools where the super- 
intendents have certified to the fact that they have meas- 
ured up to the standard in every particular. There are a 
number of localities in the State where the feeling is that 
no community in the county is able to bring its school up 
to these very reasonable requirements. I cannot help but 
think that this is a mistaken view and that some standard 
schools could be secured in every county in Georgia and 
that these would serve to inspire the others to progress. 
Superintendents have written that the use of this efficiency 
test has developed more progress in the past 12 months 
than for years previous in the way of improvement. The 
plan is of no value, however, where it is not used or applied 
and I earnestly hope we will have the effort at least of 
every superintendent in the State to have his county repre- 
sented on this roll of honor. The list will be published in 
the next Annual Report. The standard is not unreasonably 
high and no more than the Georgia parent has the right to 
expect. Copies should be posted in every county school 
room in the State and can be secured for this purpose at 
any time on application to the State Department of Edu- 
cation. To be entitled to a diploma a school should measure 
up to the standard in the following particulars: 



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1. The Teacher. 

1. Good Teaching. 

2. Good Order and Management. 

3. First Grade Certificate. 

4. Full, Neat, and Accurate School Register. 

5. Daily Program Posted in Room, 

6. Teacher's Manual on Desk. 

II. Grounds. 

1. Good Condition. 

2. Playgrounds. 

3. School Garden. 

4. Two Separate Sanitary Closets. 

III. Building. 

1. Painted Outside. 

2. Plastered, or Ceiled and Painted. 

3. No Leaks. 

4. Windows without Broken Panes. 

5. Cloak Rooms. 

6. Good Doors with Locks and Keys. 

7. Clean and Well-kept. 

IV. Equipment. 

1. Patent Modern Desks. 

2. At least 20 Lineal feet of Blackboard per Room. 

3. Building Comfortably Heated and Ventilated, 

4. Framed Pictures on the Wall. 

5. Dictionary, Maps and Library. 

6. Sanitary Water Supply. 

V, Associated Activities. 

1. Manual Arts, Corn, Canning, Pig, Poultry, or Cook- 
ing Club. 

VI. Salary of Teacher. 
At least $40 per month. 

VII. Term. 
At least seven months. 

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